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Germany's Depression
Cause and Effect
Question | Answer |
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Who does Germany lose WW1 to? | US, England, and France |
What did the Treaty of Versailles require Germany to do? | Forced Germany to pay $33 billion (reparations) and give up land. |
How did the Germans feel after WWI and the Treaty of Versailles? | Germans are angry and humiliated |
What were the 3 causes of Germany's Depression? | Loss of WWI, Overproduction of goods, Crash of the American Stock Market |
What is surplus? | More than what is needed or used; excess. |
What is the chain reaction of overproduction? | Surplus leads to falling prices, falling prices leads to companies losing money, companies losing money leads to workers losing jobs. |
How did the US stock market crash impact Germany? | US banks had loaned Germany companies money and after the crash the US banks wanted their loans paid. |
What were the effects of Germany's Depression? | Unpopular government, scapegoating, and the rise of Nazism |
Why was the German government unpopular? | German citizens blamed the "Weimar Republic" for accepting the Treaty of Versailles. The new democratic government was forced on the German people. |
What is scapegoating? | When a group is blamed for the problems of another group. |
Who was scapegoated for Germany's problems? | The Unemployed and Veterans of WWI blamed the Jews for their problems. |
How did Nazism rise to power? | Hitler makes emotional speeches and gets a lot of attention and starts to make promises like, "I can end the depression." and "Germany can get revenge." |
In Germany democracy was replaced with a | Dictatorship |